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The technology used by Washington State Patrol to test the blood alcohol content (BAC) of drivers arrested for drunk driving has been around for over 20 years.  In that time, thousands of people have stood in police stations before the breath test machines, blowing a long breath into the device, ...

On Halloween, as with many other American holidays, people enjoy celebrating the festivities with friends and strangers, partying and drinking. However, all too often, people make the decision to drive home even after they have had enough to put them over the legal limit. Halloween can be a parti...

The number of states legalizing medical marijuana continues to climb, now nearing two dozen. Washington state and Colorado have already legalized recreational use, with Oregon, Alaska and Washington DC about to vote on the issue this coming election cycle. With all these states and localities cha...

Everyone who has a drink and takes to the road is at risk of being arrested for driving under the influence.  Being arrested for a DUI affects people from all walks of life, even those who drive our kids to school, and the same police who are charged with enforcing the law.  Two recent DUI cases ...

Perhaps it should not come as a surprise when politicians are arrested for driving under the influence (DUI).  A number of politicians have faced a drunk driving arrest, including most notably, George W. Bush.  The former president was arrested in 1976 in the state of Maine for driving under the ...

Michael Phelps, the U.S. Olympic swimming champion and most decorated olympian of all time, will enter a six-week inpatient treatment program following his recent DUI.  Phelps had been planning a swimming comeback, but with this latest drunk driving arrest, he faces a major setback after being re...

A judge dismissed the drunk driving  case brought against Seattle Seahawk Spencer Ware.  The second-year fullback was arrested in the early morning hours this January while driving in the Seattle Belltown area, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The judge dismissed the case against Ware bas...

An Alaskan husband and wife were arrested for two separate DUIs on the same night while driving separate vehicles, reports NBC KTUU. On Thursday evening, Alaska State Troopers in Anchor Point stopped a Subaru station wagon after allegedly watching the driver drive erratically and cross the road'...

King County sheriff's deputy Mark Rockwood has been charged with a DUI following an on-duty accident in February, reports KOMO News. The deputy reportedly just started his shift at 7 a.m. when police dispatchers received several complaints about his driving. According to reports, Rockwood was dr...

The summer months are the busiest months for the Washington State Patrol in nabbing drunk drivers. As a result, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) is planning to start their summertime DUI emphasis patrols beginning July 1. While DUI checkpoints are illegal in Washington State, the WSP can still ...

A drunk Texas mother allegedly thought of an ingenious way to dry off her four wet children -- she would place the four kids on the trunk and hood of her moving car letting the warm breeze blow her children dry. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned and the four children were thrown off the...

On Saturday night, an Olympia man was arrested for a DUI. Given what the police allegedly discovered in the man's car, he now faces child endangerment charges as well, reports The Olympian. Police observed the 34-year-old driver nearly crashing into another vehicle while driving northbound on I-...

Federal lawmakers announced that they plan to introduce new legislation that would strengthen ignition interlock requirements throughout the U.S. Representative Nita Lowey of New York plans to present the law that would require all convicted drunk drivers to install an ignition interlock device f...

Contrary to popular opinion: Driving high is illegal. Seattle DUI prosecutors say that you would be surprised by the number of individuals who mistakenly believe that driving under the influence of marijuana is legal given the recent law that made recreational marijuana use legal, reports KIRO T...

During the Fourth of July weekend, the Washington State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies stepped up their DUI patrols to help keep the roads safe. On the eve of July 4th, Washington State Troopers apparently pulled over a woman in Marysville after she struck the car in front of her. The ...

A problem law enforcement personnel face is receiving a timely warrant to obtain a blood draw from a suspected drunk or drugged driver. This problem is exacerbated with drivers suspected of being on marijuana as the drug can start to dissipate within 90 minutes of intake. Because it can take four...

A bipartisan group of Colorado state lawmakers had proposed a bill that would make repeat DUI offenses in that state a felony. However, in a move that angered many, the state legislature rejected the proposal, reports The Denver Post. Under the proposed law, anyone who is arrested for three drun...

A survey of 315 college freshman found that over half of the male students and over a third of the female students had rode in a car with a driver high on marijuana, reports The Boston Globe. About 44 percent of males and nine percent of females said that they themselves had driven high in the st...

Jason Priestly jokingly asked Chelsea Handler on 'Chelsea Lately': "What self-respecting Los Angeleno doesn't have a DUI under their belt?" Priestly, the former star of 'Beverly Hills 90210' was commiserating with Handler who similarly had been convicted of a DUI in the past, reports the New Yor...

There is a lot of misinformation about Washington boating under the influence laws. Many people mistakenly believe that boating under the influence is covered by the same laws as driving under the influence. However, there are distinct differences between the two laws (as well as similarities). H...

Washington and Colorado were the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use. Now many states like Hawaii and California are looking to possibly follow suit and are examining related issues like driving while high laws, reports West Hawaii Today. But while Washington has adopted laws mak...

A Louisiana man was involved in a hit-and-run accident and did the smart thing and reported it to the police. Unfortunately, when Patrick Ruffner drove to the police station and reported the accident, the officer who was prepared to complete the accident report instead suspected that the 31-year-...

Given the available technology we have today, it does seem antiquated that police officers ask you to walk a straight line or to touch your nose to determine whether you are drunk. However, there may be laser technology on the horizon that can help police officers more accurately detect drunk dri...

A Montana man was arrested for drunk driving after driving to a local jail to bail out his wife who was earlier arrested that night for a DUI, reports the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. This arrest was the third for 62-year-old Rick Fancher. On Thursday night, 44-year-old Stacey Jo Fancher was driving...